Comments on: Updates http://overlawyered.com/2007/07/updates-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=updates-3 Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 05:00:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: William Nuesslein http://overlawyered.com/2007/07/updates-3/comment-page-1/#comment-8267 William Nuesslein Mon, 16 Jul 2007 08:13:24 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=5121#comment-8267 It is not clear to me that the people of Rhode Island understand that repressed memories are inappropriate for criminal prosecutions as they prone to distortions from obsession and suggestion. "Doctor, I should be happy, but I feel blue". "Think hard, did something unpleasant happen when you were a little girl?" Let this conversation fester for a couple weeks and one can get all kinds of accusations. It is not clear to me that the people of Rhode Island understand that repressed memories are inappropriate for criminal prosecutions as they prone to distortions from obsession and suggestion.

“Doctor, I should be happy, but I feel blue”. “Think hard, did something unpleasant happen when you were a little girl?” Let this conversation fester for a couple weeks and one can get all kinds of accusations.

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